SOC 1 Contract Job Trends in London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SOC 1 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing SOC 1 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £553 - -
25th Percentile £594 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £744 - -
90th Percentile £778 - -
England median daily rate £675 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

SOC 1 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,237 2,006 2,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.18% 15.96% 14.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,167 1,322 1,765
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £746 £775 £799
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 65
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.25 £13.29
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +40.82% -20.33%
75th Percentile £50.25 £60.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £70.30 £87.42 £56.00
England median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £22.42
% change year-on-year -11.43% +56.11% -40.21%

SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOC 1 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SOC 1 job vacancy trend in London

SOC 1
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 1.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 1

SOC 1
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 1 in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOC 1 in London

SOC 1
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East London - 1 £550 -
SOC 1
England

SOC 1
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Facilities Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) ICT Programme Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Facilities Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Management
2 1 (25.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (25.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) SOC 2
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Remedy
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow